Grossman School of Business makes it a priority to prepare our students for real-world expectations. That is why it is so important that we maintain a detailed list of expected knowledge, skills, and abilities that our students should gain during their academic experience.
Learning Goals by Program
Undergraduate Program
Body
Competency 1: Professional skills
Ability to:
- Communicate informatively and persuasively through written, oral or visual modes
- Collaborate effectively to analyze business performance
Competency 2: Technical skills
Ability to analyze business performance by:
- Acquiring, synthesizing, and interpreting data
- Applying foundational business concepts
Competency 3: Thematic application skills
Ability to apply and integrate professional and technical skills in one or more of the themes:
- Sustainable business
- Global business
- Entrepreneurship
Master of Accountancy (MAcc) Program
Body
Competency 1: Ethical awareness
- 1.1 Ability to explain ethical considerations relevant to business dilemmas using an established framework
Competency 2: Critical thinking skills
- 2.1 Ability to research and properly cite authoritative sources for a complex accounting issue
- 2.2 Ability to apply authoritative resources to address a complex accounting issue
Competency 3: Professional skills
- 3.1 Ability to demonstrate effective written, oral, and visual communication skills
- 3.2 Ability to collaborate in a team
Competency 4: Data analysis skills
- 4.1 Ability to perform standard data visualization, interpret the data, and communicate patterns and information that exist within a dataset
Sustainable Innovation MBA (SI-MBA) Program
Body
Competency 1: Leading a sustainable business
- 1.1 Ability to incorporate a global multi-stakeholder framework into managerial decision making
- 1.2 Ability to address business challenges by integrating economic, social, governance and environmental spheres
Competency 2: Innovative skills
- 2.1 Ability to address business challenges by innovating within existing or new organizations
Competency 3: Critical thinking skills
- 3.1 Ability to solve complex business challenges by acquiring, interpreting and synthesizing data
- 3.2 Ability to understand how traditional financial decision-making frameworks can lead to suboptimal societal outcomes
Competency 4: Professional skills
- 4.1 Ability to demonstrate effective written, oral and visual communication skills
- 4.2 Ability to collaborate effectively
- 4.3 Ability to understand the impact of one’s actions and behaviors on others